Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Gained some experience in 2012 handling the kickoff duties early in the
season... competing with Nick St. Germain for the kickoff and
placekicking duties as the Gamecocks look to replace Adam Yates... is
the leader in the clubhouse entering the fall... considered the "Most Improved"
placekicker in the spring.

Scholarship placekicker who will compete with walk-on Landon Ard to
handle the duties as the squad's kickoff specialist and placekicker,
replacing Adam Yates... Redshirted as a true freshman last year.

2012: did not arrive on the Carolina campus until a week after
fall camp began but quickly asserted himself as the team's top punter...
averaged 39.4 yards on 54 punts with 12 inside the 20, and 22 fair
catches and seven that traveled 50+ yards

"My plan is to go out here and punt as good as I possibly can. If that gets me the starting position, that'll be great. But I
plan on holding too. Any way I can get on the field, I don't care if
they put me at linebacker. I just want to get on the field.... I talked to my parents about it, and they've never let me quit at
anything. I'm going to stay here and keep fighting for that
starting position. That's just my perspective on it."

High school: Worked as both the punter and placekicker... was a
first-team all-state selection... hit 49-of-50 extra point attempts and
8-of-9 field goals as a senior...
longest field goal was 44 yards

High school: earned all-region honors numerous times as both a placekicker and punter... connected on 13-of-17 field goal attempts including
a 57-yarder, his career long and a school record... was 21-for-28 in
field goals during his prep career while connecting on 183 PATs... also
played soccer through his junior year.

"I have been working with kicking Coaches John Cahill
and Dan Orner and been lifting all summer with the team plus yoga and
plans for the season work hard and kick well to hopefully get some
playing time but if not learn as much as I can."

High school: played both football and basketball for the Falcons... was a tight end and defensive end on the football squad

"During the off season I have been working in the
weight room and working on my foot to ball touch. My goals for the
upcoming season would be to just get better as a player an do whatever I
need to too make the team better."

"Sprouse is among five walk-ons who were added to the University of South Carolina football roster on 9/3/13. Gamecocks
assistant Everette Sands reached out to Sprouse and Bluffton coach Ken
Cribb several weeks ago in an effort to get Sprouse to come out for the
team, strictly as a punter. Sprouse had worked with former USC kicker
Adam Yates in the spring. Sprouse, who turned down a scholarship
offer from Presbyterian to attend South Carolina, was named the Island
Packet/Beaufort Gazette first-team all-area punter for 2012, when he
averaged 38.4 yards per punt. He left 11 punts inside the opponents' 20
and had just one touchback. Sprouse doesn't anticipate any playing time this season. He says he's focused on getting on the field for the 2014 season."